brittlely

adv
/ˈbɹɪt.l̩.(l)i/

Etymology

From brittle + -ly.

  1. inherited from *brytel
  2. inherited from britel
  3. formed as brittlely — “brittle + -ly

Definitions

  1. In a brittle way.

    • ‘Don’t get upset. They’ll start asking questions and I know you hate people being in your business.’ Ola laughed brittlely as she blew her nose.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for brittlely. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA